Ireland debuted a new stamp featuring a 224-word short story written by Dublin teenager Eoin Moore.
With Very Small Font, Of Course
On Rereading
Are rereadings better readings? Nabakov thinks so. But Patricia Spacks, in her new memoir On Rereading grapples with the guilty pleasure.
Burroughs’s curse, Capote’s burden
"Enjoy your dirty money. You will never have anything else." And other things William Burroughs's wrote to Truman Capote. There's a bit more backstory over at RealityStudio, though the letter stands on its fearsome and indignant own.
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Don’t Fear the Digital
A recent Pew Study reveals that, despite all trend pieces to the contrary, young people still like to read.
Poolside Romance
Recommended Reading: Roxane Gay's short story about a summer romance, "The Year I Learned Everything," at Rookie. "He’s the best-looking of the bunch so you can imagine how ugly his friends are."
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Tuesday New Release Day: Bachelder; Mendelsohn; Penkov; Yun; Dutton; McGuire
Out this week: The Throwback Special by Chris Bachelder; Burning Down the House by Jane Mendelsohn; Stork Mountain by Miroslav Penkov; Shelter by Jung Yun; Margaret the First by Danielle Dutton; and The North Water by Ian McGuire. For more on these and other new titles, go read our Great 2016 Book Preview.
Another story altogether.
Michelle Dean on the love affair between Rebecca West and H.G. Wells.
It’s Not “Roses Are Red?”
What's the most quoted line of poetry? The answer, according to Google and M.H. Forsyth, may surprise you.
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